Signs of Detached Retina
11/28/2011 04:01 PM Filed in: Health
Johns Hopkins Health Alerts: Vision
** 3 Signs of Retinal Detachment You Should Know
In a normal eye, the retina, a thin, light-sensitive layer of nerve tissue lining the back of your eye, presses up against an underlying layer of cells known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). But sometimes the retina can become detached from the RPE in a manner similar to peeling wallpaper. Retinal detachment is a serious, vision-threatening condition that requires immediate attention...
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** 3 Signs of Retinal Detachment You Should Know
In a normal eye, the retina, a thin, light-sensitive layer of nerve tissue lining the back of your eye, presses up against an underlying layer of cells known as the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). But sometimes the retina can become detached from the RPE in a manner similar to peeling wallpaper. Retinal detachment is a serious, vision-threatening condition that requires immediate attention...
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Aspartame: 100 Times Sweeter Than Sugar, But is it Safe?
11/23/2011 10:11 AM Filed in: Health
Found on: http://naturalhealthsherpa.com
We Americans…we are always looking for the shortcut, the inside track, the one pill solution to every problem. We want world peace resolved in a 30-minute sitcom and expect complicated medical problems to be solved with a clever review of an MRI.
Equally unrealistic is our expectation that there exists some Promised Land of guilt-free, sugar-free candies and desserts that allow us to keep eating anything we want. In fact, we want this fantasy so badly that we are willing to overlook little things like brain tumors, seizures, joint problems, and even death… Read More...
We Americans…we are always looking for the shortcut, the inside track, the one pill solution to every problem. We want world peace resolved in a 30-minute sitcom and expect complicated medical problems to be solved with a clever review of an MRI.
Equally unrealistic is our expectation that there exists some Promised Land of guilt-free, sugar-free candies and desserts that allow us to keep eating anything we want. In fact, we want this fantasy so badly that we are willing to overlook little things like brain tumors, seizures, joint problems, and even death… Read More...
Medical records privacy at risk
09/13/2011 07:28 PM Filed in: Health
If you believe that your medical and personal information should be kept in strict privacy, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. Your medical information is not actually private -- you sell it without realizing it.
If you look at your office bill or EOB (explanation of benefits), you'll see coded numbers (CPT and ICD9). Those numbers tell your insurance company or Medicare all of the information about your visit and treatment. They not only get the bill with all of its coding, they have the right to look through your chart and any other charts in any other doctor's office, any time…
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If you look at your office bill or EOB (explanation of benefits), you'll see coded numbers (CPT and ICD9). Those numbers tell your insurance company or Medicare all of the information about your visit and treatment. They not only get the bill with all of its coding, they have the right to look through your chart and any other charts in any other doctor's office, any time…
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Folate vs. Folic Acid
08/10/2011 11:03 AM
Not knowing the difference between folate and folic acid can harm you
by Paul Fassa
(NaturalNews) Folic acid and folate are terms used interchangeably as though they are the same. They are not. Folate is a naturally occurring vitamin known as B9. Folate contains all the related isomers needed for B9 to fully benefit health. Folic acid is a synthetically derived molecule created in a lab in the early 1940s. Guess which is beneficial and which is risky...
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by Paul Fassa
(NaturalNews) Folic acid and folate are terms used interchangeably as though they are the same. They are not. Folate is a naturally occurring vitamin known as B9. Folate contains all the related isomers needed for B9 to fully benefit health. Folic acid is a synthetically derived molecule created in a lab in the early 1940s. Guess which is beneficial and which is risky...
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Potassium and high blood pressure
08/10/2011 10:58 AM Filed in: Health
The sudden death that can occur in fasting, anorexia nervosa or starvation is often a result of heart failure caused by potassium deficiency. Many population studies have found links between low potassium intakes and an increased risk of high blood pressure and death from stroke. Increasing the amount of potassium-rich foods in the diet can lead to a reduction in high blood pressure. The ratio of sodium to potassium in the diet appears to play an important role in the development of high blood pressure... Read More...